Eggnog Scratch Cake

This is my new favorite Christmas recipe! Nice, cakey consistency (NOT a pound cake) and delicious flavor. I made cake balls from this and they turned out great.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

1 cup white sugar

¼ cup butter, softened

¼ cup shortening

1/3 cup sour cream

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon rum flavoring

¾ cup whole milk OR eggnog (I used goat’s milk)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 8-inch round pans.

2. Mix all the dry ingredients together and set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and shortening with a hand mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

4. In a measuring cup, add the rum extract to the milk and stir. Alternate adding the dry and wet mixtures to the butter/shortening combination, starting and ending with flour. Mix until just incorporated.

5. Pour into prepared pans and bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Frosting idea: add some rum extract to a vanilla frosting. For cake balls, they are yummy dipped in yogurt coating.

This is my new favorite Christmas recipe! Nice, cakey consistency (NOT a pound cake) and delicious flavor. I made cake balls from this and they turned out great.

Ingredients

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon ground nutmeg

¼ teaspoon ground ginger

1 cup white sugar

¼ cup butter, softened

¼ cup shortening

1/3 cup sour cream

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon rum flavoring

¾ cup whole milk OR eggnog (I used goat’s milk)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 8-inch round pans.

2. Mix all the dry ingredients together and set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and shortening with a hand mixer. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.

4. In a measuring cup, add the rum extract to the milk and stir. Alternate adding the dry and wet mixtures to the butter/shortening combination, starting and ending with flour. Mix until just incorporated.

5. Pour into prepared pans and bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.

Frosting idea: add some rum extract to a vanilla frosting. For cake balls, they are yummy dipped in yogurt coating.